Brother, how come you're a witch?

That sounds like the little vixen's voice...

Su Yan's lips trembled slightly, but he didn't dare to turn around, hoping that he was just imagining things.

But the disciples from Spirit Beast Peak in front of him had already put away their paper and pen, and respectfully bowed while looking behind him, saying:

"Greetings, Elders. Greetings, Senior Sister Liu."

Now he couldn't pretend he hadn't heard, so he had to turn around.

Su Yan reluctantly turned his head away.

Liu Baishuang was standing with her arms crossed, staring coldly at him. Beside her, her master Xu Qinglan was doing the same thing. The two were master and master, but they looked more like mother and daughter, even their glaring eyes were so similar.

The one who asked the question just now was indeed the little vixen.

She was clearly very dissatisfied with someone's statement about abandoning the sword for the beast.

Sword cultivators are all like this; they think they're incredibly cool and that other schools are utterly worthless, which is why they're often called inferior sword cultivators by others.

Liu Baishuang's true personality is a bit crazy and chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), and she is probably a staunch supporter of kendo.

Su Yan felt that the non-existent favorability bar above this girl's head was rapidly decreasing.

"willow......"

Su Yan opened his mouth to explain, but felt Xu Qinglan's slightly narrowed beautiful eyes scrutinizing him from head to toe. An instinctive sense of danger told him that it was best for him to remain "unfamiliar" with Liu Baishuang for the time being.

"Oh dear, I heard everything you just said, so what's there to say?"

Chen Yixing, who was at the front of the group, smiled and grabbed Su Yan's hand.

"Come and become my personal disciple!"

"what?"

Su Yan was taken aback.

"This is Elder Chen Yixing of this peak. His research focuses on 'the significant role of the rider's emotions in beast-taming techniques,' which is somewhat similar to what you just said," a disciple from the Spirit Beast Peak kindly explained.

Su Yan's eye twitched.

He knew as soon as he heard the name; this Elder Chen was the one who would invent super evolution in the future.

Why would an elder be in the arena? Aren't the direct disciples usually the ones keeping watch?

Su Yan felt that everything was in complete chaos.

"That's right, I am Chen Yixing." Chen Yixing smiled and raised his head. His name was quite well-known in the spirit beast world, and no one should refuse his offer to recruit disciples.

But Su Yan looked troubled:

"So it's Elder Chen. Thank you for your kind words, Elder. But as for the matter of becoming his personal disciple... I'm afraid I can't agree to it immediately."

"Didn't you just say you were honored?" Chen Yixing was taken aback.

"Interviews are always about saying the good things, aren't they?"

"...That's honest enough. So tell me what your concerns are?" Chen Yixing was speechless for a moment.

"As Elder Chen can see, I am a sword cultivator."

Su Yan cupped his hands in greeting, while quickly glancing at Liu Baishuang:

"Although my childhood dream was to become a spirit beast master, I really don't have much talent in that area. I do have some aptitude for swordsmanship, though. Now that I've practiced for so many years, it's natural to hesitate if I'm suddenly asked to switch to beast taming."

A soft sneer came from Xu Qinglan's side, seemingly expressing disdain for Su Yan's comprehension.

"If you call this lack of talent, then what counts as talent?"

Chen Yixing smiled:

"To be able to change the form of the dumpling cat and defeat Moama, you are being far too modest."

"This is not due to my own strength, but rather because I accidentally fell off a cliff and into a cave when I was a child..."

Su Yan then told everyone the story of how he fell off a cliff and found the secret manual when he was a child.

Liu Baishuang, listening from behind, trembled at the corners of her mouth, really wanting to ask this guy whether he had fallen into a cave or some kind of magic skills training school.

"So that's how it is. It turns out there were cultivators in the world who had similar ideas to mine, and some had even achieved some results. It's a pity that this senior's cultivation was not high and his lifespan ended early."

After hearing this, Chen Yixing didn't doubt it. In his youth, jumping off cliffs to seek opportunities was a popular activity, so he easily accepted it, but he was filled with emotion:

"Young man, could you please show me the magic spell left behind by that senior?"

"There is nothing wrong with that."

Without saying a word, Su Yan borrowed paper and pen from the disciples of the Spirit Beast Peak beside him and wrote down a simplified version of the super evolution.

The reason it's a simplified version is twofold: firstly, to avoid exaggeration, and secondly, to leave room for Chen Yixing to delve deeper into the subject.

"This, this is absolutely right, exactly what I thought."

Chen Yixing held the paper with the spell written on it, his beard trembling with excitement:

"It's amazing that even mortals can use true qi. What a brilliant idea!"

He immediately became engrossed in his work, exuding an air of scholarly refinement that was difficult for others to penetrate. The remaining people stared at him, unsure whether to interrupt or speak up.

until......

"Hey? Master, what are you doing here? You told me to go to the top floor, but you came down here instead."

A female disciple with messy hair and dark circles under her eyes strolled in through the door:

"What's going on? My prized pig is about to give birth, and I'm very busy."

"Ji Yi, you've come at the right time. I must return to my cave immediately. Could you please entertain Xiao Liu and your future junior brother for me?"

Chen Yixing snapped out of his daze and excitedly pointed at Liu Baishuang and Su Yan.

Su Yan was taken aback: "Elder Chen, I think I just said..."

"You said you need to consider it, then go with Ji Yi to the Spirit Beast Peak and experience it properly before making a decision."

Chen Yixing patted Su Yan on the shoulder:

"Kid, your talent for taming beasts may not be great, but the fact that you were able to cast this spell on the 'Dumpling Cat' that you're partnering with for the first time shows that you have a broad love for spirit beasts, and that's what I value."

"Is...is this how it is?"

Su Yan feigned being flattered, but in reality, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that it wasn't so certain that he had to enter the Spirit Beast Peak. He could still refuse later. And although the process was different from what was expected, he ultimately achieved his goal of entering the peak to investigate, and could even investigate more deeply and quickly.

It's fortunate that the Xuanqing Sect is a reputable and righteous sect, and Chen Yixing is an upright and honest old scholar. This method wouldn't work in the demonic sect. If they knew you had something good in your mind, they would just arrest you and search your soul and torture you.

Su Yan is currently in a state where he can withstand the soul search of a Nascent Soul cultivator, but he is not so good at withstanding interrogation.

Especially that honey trap.

"Oh, you're entertaining my disciple, not me?" Xu Qinglan said jokingly, arms crossed.

"Young people should communicate among themselves; you and I, as elders, shouldn't force our way in."

Chen Yixing tugged at the hilt of Xu Qinglan's sword:

"Come with me to conduct this spell experiment; you will serve as my control group."

"Um?"

Xu Qinglan frowned. It was fine to do Chen Yixing a favor by acting as a control group, but wouldn't that mean that her precious disciple would be acting with this traitor by Ye Jingqiu's side without her supervision?

"Master, the sect competition will be held soon."

At the opportune moment, Liu Baishuang tiptoed and whispered in Xu Qinglan's ear:

"Perhaps I can discover Ye Jingqiu's weakness from him."

Ye Jingqiu will also be participating in the sect competition as an exchange student. All the sword cultivators of Xuanqing Sect attach great importance to this competition. If this stinky outsider from the Sword Ruins gets good results on their home turf, they will lose face.

"Ahem, we sword cultivators don't usually use such despicable methods."

Xu Qinglan coughed softly twice, keeping her voice extremely low:

"But this is for the honor of the sect, Shuang'er, go, I believe in you."

"Yes, ma'am."

The master and apprentice whispered in each other's ears, their fragrant hair brushing against each other, and finalized their secret plan. Su Yan saw it all, but couldn't figure out what it was about.